VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.0]

During this five-day course, you will focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vRealize® Automation™. You will learn about the configuration and use of the vRealize Automation platform, including self-service provisioning and the creation of catalog services that include predefined virtual machines, software components, and on-demand VMware NSX® networks. This course also covers interfacing vRealize Automation with other systems, using VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™ to leverage workflows, and creating approval cycles and managing machine lifecycles to conserve resources. In addition, you will better understand and know how to achieve the benefits of automation as a component of the software-defined data center.

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vRealize Automation 7

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

vRealize Automation Overview and Architecture

Describe the software-defined data center

Explain the purpose of vRealize Automation

Explain the concepts of vRealize Automation administration and self-service provisioning

Describe where vRealize Automation fits in the VMware product line

Discuss use cases for vRealize Automation

Identify the components of a vRealize Automation simple deployment

Identify the components of a vRealize Automation enterprise deployment

Identify the component design options for vRealize Automation

Identify how vRealize Automation integrates with other VMware products

Authentication, Fabric, and Tenants

Describe identity management in vRealize Automation

Identify the authentication methods available in vRealize Automation

Identify the appropriate roles for specific tasks in vRealize Automation

Create tenants

Explain multitenant leading practices

Define relationships between vRealize Automation entities

Identify and configure vRealize Automation endpoints

Identify how vRealize Automation discovers compute resources

Identify fabric groups, business groups, and reservations

Create and manage reservations for compute resources

Converged Blueprints and Catalog Management

Define blueprints

Identify the process and options for configuring a blueprint

Create a blueprint with a single virtual machine

Create a blueprint with multiple virtual machines

Identify the role of the service catalog

Define catalog items

Use entitlements to manage catalog items

Consuming Catalog Services

Request a single-machine service

Monitor the service provisioning status

Reconfigure a provisioned machine

Manage snapshots

Identify roles involved in creating approval policies

Identify approval policy level

Identify approval phases

Create and apply approval policies for catalog items

Use custom properties to modify the provisioning process

Use property groups to group sets of custom properties

Use the property dictionary to modify the provisioning process

Integrating VMware NSX

Understand VMware NSX capabilities

Describe the VMware NSX components that vRealize Automation uses

Describe the benefits of VMware NSX integration with vRealize Automation

Integrate vRealize Automation and VMware NSX

Use VMware NSX elements in vRealize Automation blueprints

Application Authoring

Understand the lifecycle of a vRealize Automation Application deployment

Author an application blueprint

Deploy an application blueprint from the service catalog

Monitoring and Reclamation

Identify how to monitor resource use

Demonstrate how to reclaim resources

Demonstrate how to manage machine leases

Monitor system events

vRealize Automation Extensibility

Identify the vRealize Automation extensibility tools

Identify the vRealize Automation extensibility use cases

Use vRealize CloudClient to export a blueprint

Use vRealize Orchestrator

Use vRealize Orchestrator plug-ins for external integration

Describe anything-as-a-service (XaaS) components

Create an XaaS blueprint

Describe how the event broker service enhances extensibility

Identify the appropriate subscription types and options for a subscription

Describe the two event broker event types

Identify the three event broker phases

Illustrate the master workflow

Describe the necessary requirements for passing custom properties to workflows